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The point is that the article is pointlessly gendered. Why focus specifically on violence against women?

• mikhael28 2y ago
  JavaScript is a terrible programming language. Wait, talking about how JavaScript is a terrible programming language is pointlessly biased - we need to also talk about how Python is a terrible programming language. Everyone always seems to complain about JavaScript, but no one ever talks about how terrible pip is as a system for managing dependencies, or how the 2.x to 3.x migration was terrible implemented. I think discussing how terrible JavaScript is pointlessly biased. Why focus specifically on JavaScript? Bad logic right there. You can have a conversation about one topic, by itself - you don't need to bring in adjacent, yet not entirely relevant, topics in order to justify the first one.
  • xigoi 2y ago
    That’s a really contrived analogy. More like: “Blue-eyed people being unable to afford housing is a national emergency.” “Why focus specifically on blue-eyed people? Other people are also affected by the housing crisis.” “Don’t distract from the topic!”
    • mikhael28 2y ago
      Eye color is a trivial phenotypical variation that has nothing to do with anything. Like programming languages. A woman’s biology, by nature of being physically weaker, is a relevant distinction in the context of violence, where physical strength is relevant. I suppose if someone says ‘In America, the average black family has 25% of the wealth of a white family’ faulty logic might say ‘why leave out the fact that the average white family has 50% of the wealth of an Asian family?’ So, what - the plight of the average white family is the same as the average black family? No, it’s not - so it’s reasonable to discuss that plight in a separate context.